CVE-2025-4993 (GCVE-0-2025-4993)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-23 17:51 – Updated: 2025-12-16 16:14
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Title
Untrusted Pointer Dereference vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Pointer Manipulation.
Summary
Untrusted Pointer Dereference vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Pointer Manipulation.This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.4.0 before 7.6.0, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.0.10, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.2.27, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.*, from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*, from 4.4a before 5.2.*.
Severity ?
8.3 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Assigner
RTI
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
RTI Connext Professional Affected: 7.4.0 , < 7.6.0 (custom)
Affected: 7.0.0 , < 7.3.0.10 (custom)
Affected: 6.1.0 , < 6.1.2.27 (custom)
Affected: 6.0.0 , < 6.0.* (custom)
Affected: 5.3.0 , < 5.3.* (custom)
Affected: 4.4a , < 5.2.* (custom)
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